Guild Wars 2

Sadly, I have to agree. I only recently hit 80 and as a basically solo player had not run any of the dungeons before last night when I accepted a random invite to Arah

I wasn’t very impressed by Arah as a whole- waaay too many crowd control/knockdown/fearing mobs. It’s no fun at all to lose control of your character for 5+ seconds and watch it get beat down to death without any hope. The cannon sections didn’t work very well and we ended up resurrect-zerging much of the content.

Then the Zhaitan fight begins. Great visuals, followed by literally sitting at a cannon and spamming 2 for 5 minutes. The occasional dragon head adds were no threat at all- get off the cannon, beat them down in less than 10 seconds, go back to spamming 2. WTF? I commented halfway through the fight that a bobbing bird could have done it just as easily. Seriously, how on earth did this one get past QC?

Only one of us had run Arah before, and the sense of bewilderment at the end was total. Is the Explorable version any better?

I originally picked Charr (after several others) because I liked the run animation and I didn’t see a lot of them. It was completely out of character for me- I usually play healer types and never go for the “furry” races. I knew nothing at all about the lore or background of the race.

Reading through these forums I doubt I’ll ever roll anything again- an explicitly atheistic race that refuses to bow to anyone/thing. One that started an industrial revolution with gear that actually works, unlike the asura. Equality based around competence- if you can do the job nothing else matters. The explicit militarism is understandable given their history- I’m surprised they still aren’t at war with everybody.

All around a nicely set up race

When you walk through the bushes they move when you disturb them

Perhaps I’m just blind, but it hadn’t registered until now. It’s a nice little touch- good job!